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President Obama and Eric Cantor's Leadership Questioned
The Washington Post’s Fred Hiatt is taking Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and President Barack Obama to task for recent decisions that diminish the role of the United States as a world leader. Hiatt cites the Republican backlash against immigrants and Cantor’s “our way or the highway” approach to government as examples of a crisis in…
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International Arrest Warrant Issued for Qaddafi
CBS News is reporting that the International Criminal Court on Monday issued arrest warrants for Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, his son Saif al Islam Qaddafi and Libya’s head of intelligence, Abdullah Al-Senussi, who is Qaddafi’s brother-in-law, for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The warrants name Qaddafi for the commission of two categories of crimes…
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Gay Black Men and the Women Who Love Them
In recent news, high-profile African-American men have come out of the closet. The latest to announce that they are gay are CNN News anchor Don Lemon and Georgia State Rep. Rashad Taylor, both of whom named homophobia in the black community as one of their reasons for previously staying quiet about the matter. When I…
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John McCain Blames Arizona's Wildfires on Undocumented Immigrants
ColorLines is reporting that Republican Sen. John McCain is blaming undocumented immigrants for the wildfires spreading across Arizona. The state currently has five active wildfires that together have burned close to 764,000 acres, according to InciWeb, an online interagency database that tracks fires. McCain offered no evidence that the current fires were started by immigrants, and yet…
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Serena Williams Cries Following Wimbledon Win
Returning from almost a year out because of injuries to her feet and blood clots in her lungs, Serena Williams found her appearance on Centre Court at Wimbledon, where she had her last success, too much, she said. Williams beat Aravane Rezai of France 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 to maintain her record of never losing in the…
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Obama's Task: Renew Support for Afghan War
The Washington Post is reporting that President Obama will face a stiff political challenge Wednesday in presenting his plan for a gradual end to the U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan. His prime-time address must remind a skeptical electorate and a concerned Congress that the country’s longest war remains worth fighting — and funding — for…
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Man Stages Bank Robbery to Get Medical Help
James Richard Verone of Gastonia, N.C., worked for Coca-Cola for 17 years. Diane Turbyfill of the Gaston Gazette reports that when his career as a Coca-Cola delivery man ended some three years ago, Verone was knocked out of his comfort zone. He got another job driving a truck. But that employment didn’t have near the…
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'Hangover 2' Mike Tyson Tattoo Lawsuit Settled
Popeater is reporting that Warner Bros. has settled a lawsuit over a tattoo featured in The Hangover 2 and avoided the costly task of digitally altering its design for the DVD release, TMZ reports. News of a “mystery settlement” broke yesterday, and it looks as if the tattoo sported by Ed Helms’ character in the film is here to…
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Clarence Thomas Faces Ethics Questions
The New York Times is reporting that several projects involving conservative friends of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas are under scrutiny. Apparently Thomas introduced Harlan Crow — a wealthy, conservative Dallas real estate mogul — to Algernon Varn, a man who lives in the coastal village near Savannah, Ga., where Thomas was raised, in order…
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Armond White: Seeing Red on 'Green Lantern'
Critic Armond White is disgruntled with the slew of Hollywood comic book films that have come out that make black men look bad. He believes that filmmakers are unable to transcend archaic stereotypes of African Americans even in movies based on fantasy. He deplores how filmmakers fall back on said stereotypes, particularly when the film…
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